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High-powered images from the UNC School of Medicine lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, show the COVID-19 virus on a human respiratory surface — and underscore the need for wearing masks. View the images and read the fully story, “The frightening appearance of COVID-19 infected cells,” here.

SARS-CoV-2 images produced by Camille Ehre, PhD, and recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine have been featured in an article about COVID-19 infections by Canada’s CTV News. The article can be read here.

The trade magazine Pulmonology Consultant asked Mehmet Kesimer, PhD, four important questions about mucin abnormalities in early COPD. Read the summary of that story here, and read the full article in Pulmonology Consultant here.

The Burroughs Wellcome Fund honored Brian Conlon, PhD, as a 2020 Investigator in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease Award for his work on antibiotic resistance. Read the full story here.

The UNC School of Medicine lab of Camille Ehre, PhD, generated high-powered microscopic images showing startlingly high SARS-CoV-2 viral loads on human respiratory surfaces, ready to spread infection in infected individuals and transmit infection to others. The images have been featured in the New England Journal of Medicine‘s “Images in...

Richard C. Boucher, MD, was featured in a Fox News story about the importance of proper mask-wearing in the context of COVID-19. The article, “‘Half-masking’ may increase coronavirus risk, study finds,” can be read here.

By the middle of March 2020, COVID-19 had upended the traditional training experience in the UNC Internal Medicine Residency Program. Didactic coursework and clinical skills training had to be quickly converted to an online format and clinical rotations were suspended as decisions were quickly made to ensure residents had meaningful...

Richard C. Boucher, MD, was featured in a Good Morning America segment about the importance of wearing a mask over both the mouth and nose in preventing the spread of the coronavirus. The segment was sparked by Dr. Boucher’s research with Marsico Lung Institute researchers in collaboration with the Ralph Baric...

In “Marvels of Mucus and Phlegm: The Slime that Keeps You Healthy,” the NIH featured Richard Boucher, MD, to help explain why mucus gets a bad rap and what its true purpose is in human health. Read the UNC story here, and read the full NIH article about mucus here.

In a new study, researchers in the UNC School of Medicine lab of Peggy Cotter, PhD, describe in detail the different weaponry bacteria use to establish infection in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, depending on their age. Read the full story here.